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The Moon on Sunday, March 23, 1952: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on March 23, 1952Waning Crescent

Sunday 23 March 1952365,662 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, March 23, 1952, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
365,662 km227,212 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (1°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 23, 1952 is on Tuesday, March 11, 1952 at 18:14 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, March 25, 1952 at 20:13 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, March 19, 195202:40
New Moon (after)Tuesday, March 25, 195220:13

The Moon around March 23

More about this date

Sunday, March 23, 1952 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 25, 1952 to the new moon of March 25, 1952, a cycle of 29.46 days.